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Top LA news: Woman in custody for fatal hit-and-run; Lee Iacocca, auto industry savior, dies at 94

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Published on July 03, 2019
Top LA news: Woman in custody for fatal hit-and-run; Lee Iacocca, auto industry savior, dies at 94Photo: Steve Lyon/Flickr

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Lee Iacocca, auto industry savior, dies at 94

Lee Iacocca, the automobile industry executive who helped launch the Mustang at Ford and save Chrysler from bankruptcy, and whose cunning, ingenuity and swagger made him one of the most successful salesmen of his generation, died July 2 at his home in the Bel-Air area of Los Angeles. 

Read the full story on SFGATE.

LA firefighter searching for bone marrow match for son, 7, battling life-threatening blood disorder

The Los Angeles Fire Department turned to social media on Monday in hopes of finding a bone marrow match for the 7-year-old son of a firefighter battling a life-threatening blood disorder.

Read the full story on Fox 11 Los Angeles.

5 quakes rattle near the Grapevine

LOS ANGELES (KRON) – A series of earthquakes rattled Southern California just north of the Grapevine on Tuesday. 

Read the full story on CBS47 Fresno.

Valley Village hit-and-run: Woman in custody for crash that left Holocaust survivor dead

The suspect in the fatal hit-and-run that left a 91-year-old Holocaust survivor dead in Valley Village is in custody, Los Angeles police said Tuesday.

Read the full story on ABC7.

LA charter school backers’ plan: Take back mayor’s office, sue school district, battle teachers union

Charter school supporters developed a plan in March that includes "taking back" the mayor's office, suing the school district and attacking the teachers union.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Times.


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